Diplomatic Coup Of The Week

From The FT:

Downing Street rejoiced at what it portrayed as a diplomatic coup for Mr Brown. "Gordon has spent years building up political capital..." said one aide.

OK. Guess what the coup was. Was it

a) A guarantee of support from the USA in any possible unpleasantness with Argentine;

b) The release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and the announcement of free and fair elections in Burma;

c) Iceland's solemn undertaking to refund UK taxpayers for the billions it cost them to bail out reckless depositors; or

d) "... a last-minute reprieve from contentious new European regulations... after Gordon Brown pleaded that the issue be shelved until after the election. The personal intervention by the prime minister staved off certain defeat for the UK at a finance ministers' meeting in Brussels, where France leads a powerful coalition that is calling for tough regulation of the sector."

Make of that what you will. I shall be spending the rest of the day in sunny Milton Keynes.